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Re: Censorship issues
At 2000/10/24 12:42 AM -0600, Bob wrote:
> >>Usually outrage does not come from just nudity but
> > >how the body is treated.
>
>I disagree to some extent. Regardless of how the body is treated, ALL
>nudes will upset someone - singly or in a group. For some reason,
>photographed nudes cause far more trouble than painted nudes. Why is this
>so? Does painting have more credibility as an art form than photography?
The irony of this is that the photographer has less intimate (normally!)
proximity to a model than a painter, who might take weeks or months with
his subject (and can become *very* familiar!), whereas a photographer takes
minutes, or at the most, a few hours.
I think, basically, the mentality is that "anyone can shoot a picture"
while to be a painter requires much training and/or "genius" and therefore
the viewer of a nude photograph tends to have a more personal involvement
with the image. Oh, well.
Sil Horwitz, FPSA
Technical Editor, PSA Journal
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